Tuesday’s congressional hearing hears details about Trump’s actions, including heated December 2020 White House meeting with ‘several hours of screaming and insults’
Tuesday’s congressional committee hearing into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot by supporters of then-President Donald Trump featured a detailed recounting of Trump’s actions to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
Others providing the same assessment: former Attorney General William Barr and former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, who also testified that then-White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows believed the same.The committee detailed a “surprise visit” to the White House the night of Dec. 18 that lasted for more than six hours.
What followed was several hours of screaming and insults that ranged from the Oval Office to Trump’s private quarters, participants testified. It was past midnight when the meeting ended, the witnesses said. Giuliani was escorted off White House grounds to make sure he did not wander back, U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin said at Tuesday’s hearing, citing other testimony.Shortly after the late-night meeting, early in the morning of Dec. 19, Trump issued a tweet urging his supporters to assemble in Washington on Jan. 6 for what he promised would be a “wild” gathering.
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